Arabian Poetry: Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: To a Friend, On His Birthday
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Arabian Poetry, by W. A. Clouston, [1881]
p. 123
TO A FRIEND,
ON HIS BIRTHDAY.
WHEN born, in tears we saw thee drowned,
While thine assembled friends around
With smiles their joy confessed:
So live, that at thy parting hour,
They may the flood of sorrow pour,
And thou in smiles be dressed.
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